Scottish Field

We're going green and heading to the great outdoors in the latest Scottish Field podcast. 

Our November issue is currently in shops, as every month Scottish Field bring you the best of all things Scottish - heritage, interiors, antiques, gardens, wildlife, motoring, whisky and country news, as well as interviews with famous Scots names.

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November, Scottish Field goes green as we look at the issues affecting Scotland today. We travel all over the country this month as we look at what Scots are doing to battle the danger of climate change across the land, in various forms.

This month, Aberdeenshire- based Martin Bennie tells of the meditative qualities of landscape photography, we look at twelve of the most forward-thinking enterprises tackling the climate crisis head-on, while Alladale’s zero-waste Aquaponic Gardens is proof that ecology and entrepreneurialism can work hand-in-hand.

All this and much more is in the latest Scottish Field, with 164 packed pages, priced £4.75. To find out more about how to subscribe, just visit www.scottishfield.co.uk/subscriptions

Joining us as our special guest today are wildlife filmmaker Andrew O’Donnell and his colleague Mark Taylor, whose TV adventures in the wilds of Scotland are currently on our screens each Wednesday at 8pm on BBC Scotland.

A first series of Roaming in the Wild grew out of short online pieces Andrew made for BBC Scotland’s The Social. The first three-part series featured Andrew and Mark’s travels across Rannoch Moor, Lochaber and across the north of Scotland from John O’Groats to Cape Wrath. For the second series, the run has doubled and the two friends are taking an amble across the country, camping and walking and canoeing but all at a leisurely pace.

Their travels in this new series include the Borders, Assynt, Cairngorms, Loch Shiel, and Loch Ness, starting in the first episode with a bit more of an urban foray down the River Kelvin to Glasgow.

We've got a bumper podcast for you this week.

We chat with actor Mark Bonnar, who's starred in some of the biggest shows on TV, including Line of Duty, Casualty and Doctor Who, and is about to return for the second season of Guilt, as well as the sixth run of Shetland.

And we also meet Kathi Kamleitner, who hosts and writes a podcast, Wild for Scotland, as well as her own travel blog.

We've a packed 40 minute episode for you to enjoy.

The Scottish Field podcast turns to the world of music this week, as we preview the return of Scottish Opera. 

Podcast host Kenny Smith meets Derek Clark, head of music at Scottish Opera, ahead of their imminent productions of The Gondoliers and Utopia, Limited.

A new Scottish Opera production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers opens at Theatre Royal Glasgow on Saturday 16 October before touring to Edinburgh, Inverness and London's Hackney Empire for a total of 24 performances.

To find out dates and venues of the upcoming productions, visit www.scottishopera.org.uk

Every month Scottish Field bring you the best of all things Scottish - heritage, interiors, antiques, gardens, wildlife, motoring, whisky and country news, as well as interviews with famous Scots names.

And each year our October issue highlights the best of the best in Scotland, and is still available now

The latest Scottish Field, with 292 packed pages, is priced £4.75. To find out more about how to subscribe, just visit www.scottishfield.co.uk/subscriptions

The Scottish Field podcast is this week joined by Edinburgh resident and explorer Mollie Hughes.

Mollie became the youngest woman to ski solo from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole in early 2020, and is the first woman president of Scouts Scotland.

 She is backing a major TV, radio and digital campaign to encourage people across Scotland to come together to tackle the climate emergency has been launched ahead of COP26 in Glasgow later this year.

The Let’s do Net Zero campaign highlights the benefits a net zero society will bring for our economy, health and environment.

It also aims to raise greater awareness of the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and the transformation that is required across all corners of our economy and society in order to end Scotland’s contribution to climate change.

You can find out more about Mollie, her exploits and her work at www.molliehughes.co.uk, and you can find out more about the campaign at www.netzeronation.scot.

Podcast host also Kenny Smith chats about the current edition of Scottish Field, our annual luxury edition, which brings you the best of all things Scottish - heritage, interiors, antiques, gardens, wildlife, motoring, whisky and country news.

The Scottish Field podcast this week marks our annual luxury edition.

Join chief sub Rosie Morton and web editor Kenny Smith, as they chat about the contents of this month's bumper 292 page edition.

They reveal their highlights of the edition, celebrating the very best in all things Scottish - heritage, interiors, antiques, gardens, wildlife, motoring, whisky and country news. 

Rosie reveals which whisky she recently discovered, while Kenny shares the mixer that he likes with his.

Later on, Kenny has a chat with Stuart Leslie, the head chef at the Cook School Scotland in Kilmarnock, where he headed to do some hands on cooking.

In this week's edition, we celebrate the south of Scotland in our September issue, which is still in shops, priced £4.75.

We're also joined by Glenys Andrews, president of Perthshire Open Studios. The organisers of Perthshire Open Studios have revealed the 200 artists and makers taking part in this year’s nine-day event. 

They include everyone from painters and photographers through to jewellers, furniture makers, ceramicists and many more. 

Visitors will be able to meet them and see their work in 140 different locations across every part of Perthshire and Kinross-shire and the brand new Perthshire Open Studios website has eight suggested routes to follow in order to get the very best from the event. 

Taking place from 4-12 September, everything has been organised with COVID safety in mind. 

It's back - the Scottish Field podcast has returned after a short summer break.

In our 18th edition, Scottish Field chief sub Rosie Morton and web editor Kenny Smith discuss the September issue of the magazine, which is currently on sale.

This edition looks at the south of the nation, and highlights its famous sights and people, past and present.

They mention our celebration of one of the most famous sons of the south, as we celebrate 250 years of Sir Walter Scott, the man who ‘invented’ Scotland.

And they also discuss our interview with writer and historian Alistair Moffat, who tells us how he is always happiest in his Borders home.

They also mention the Mystery Diner's latest foray, as he ventures to try Nick Nairn's latest restaurant in Stirlingshire, Nairns at Port of Menteith.

Then, Kenny has a chat with Scots actress Joyce Falconer, about her earliest jobs, appearing in Taggart, and her imminent return to BBC Scotland soap River City.

If you like your gin and competitive sport, then this week's Scottish Field podcast is just the one for you.

This week, our podcast sees Scottish Field's own John Boyle join web editor Kenny Smith, as they have a chat about the magazine's annual gin challenge.

The 2021 results appear in this month's magazine, where you can find out who the winners are in the three categories.

If you love your Scottish sport, then you'll be interested learn that filming of The Great Game, the feature-length documentary telling the story of the first rugby international, is underway. This match held in March 1871 between Scotland and England at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh.

The film will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of international rugby, and will follow the development of international rugby from its birth in Edinburgh across the world.

Joining us to talk about it is one of the creative forces behind the project, Richard Bath, a respected voice and authority on rugby - and he's also the editor of... Scottish Field!

This week's edition of the podcast is co-hosted by Scottish Field chief sub Rosie Morton and web editor Kenny Smith.

The dynamic duo discuss and digest the contents of the August edition of the magazine, which is available now, priced £4.75. 

They highlight their favourite features this month, including some stunning photography, seafood recipes and book reviews, and columnist Guy Grieve pops by to share his thoughts and preview his feature.

Later, Kenny chats with writer Alison Page, who has written three books based on her late West Highland Terrier, Corrie, The Westie Fest, Curling Capers and The Tattoo Toorie.

Scottish Field's award-winning columnist Guy Grieve joins us in this week's episode of the podcast, to chat about his life as a scallop fisherman.

Also popping by for a chat is Alistair Moffat, who tells us why, after years writing factual books, he's dipped his toe into the water to write fiction for the first time.